R&D organizational processes on suspension system for automobiles: a comparative analysis based on patents and academic publications

Author

Ijichi, Tomohiro ; Hirasawa, Ryo

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. Policy, Sci. & Technol. Agency, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1997

fDate

27-31 Jul 1997

Firstpage

539

Lastpage

545

Abstract

The authors have developed a methodology that represents the dynamics of R&D organizations based on intellectual products such as patents and academic publications. The methodology has the advantages of objective procedures and the usage of data which are open to the public. This paper aims to analyze the characteristics of R&D organizational processes of companies in Japan and in the United States by using the methodology, and to compare them. It reveals the differences in interrelations in R&D organizations

Keywords

automobile industry; patents; research and development management; Japan; R&D organization interrelations; R&D organizational processes; USA; academic publications; automobile suspension system; intellectual products; objective procedures; patents; Appropriate technology; Automobiles; Data engineering; Databases; Maintenance engineering; Reproducibility of results; Research and development; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3574-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1997.653500

Filename

653500